Postinfo - Department Posts Android Mobile Application
Postinfo, the citizen centric android Mobile application of Department of Posts developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology .The app provides the following facilities;
1) Tracking
2) Post office search
3) Postage Calculator
4) Insurance premium calculator
5) Interest calculator
Brief description of each facility is given below;
TRACKING:
The tracking facility is made available on this mobile app for the following types of mail items.
âĸ Speed Post âĸ Registered Letter âĸ Insured Letter
âĸ Value Payable Letter âĸ Insured Value Payable Letter âĸ Registered Packets
âĸ Registered Periodicals âĸ Registered Parcel âĸ Insured Parcel
âĸ Value Payable Parcel âĸ Insured Value Payable Parcel âĸ Business Parcel
âĸ Business Parcel COD âĸ Express Parcel âĸ Express Parcel COD
âĸ Electronic Money Order (e-MO)
The users can view the status of the above mentioned type of articles by entering the articles number and touching the Track button. The following additional facilities are also available.
âĸ Save the results for future reference
âĸ Share it with others through Android native sharing apps viz. Bluetooth, WhatsApp, Facebook etc.
POST OFFICE SEARCH:
By entering first three character of the name of the Post office or by entering the Pin code of the office the users can get a list of matching Post offices. By clicking again on the row the user gets the details like Name of Post office, Street address (location), contact details of the Post office (where ever available) for the selected Post office. The name of the Division and contact details.
Offline Pincode search has feature to find nearest post office, locating post office on Google Map and Making call to Post office
POSTAGE CALCULATOR:
The app will calculate the Postage (tariff) based on the weight entered by the user for the following items..
âĸ Ordinary letter âĸ Speed post Domestic *
âĸ Registered letter âĸ Ordinary Parcel
âĸ Registered Parcel âĸ Registered book packet
âĸ Registered book packet containing Printed books âĸ Ordinary Registered book packet
âĸ Ordinary book packet containing Printed books âĸ Book packet containing periodicals
âĸ Book packet containing Registered News papers
âĸ *Domestic Speed Post Tariff depends on distance between place of origin and destination.
âĸ Based on tariff there are 5 slabs of tariff viz. local, up to 200 KM, 201 to 1000 KM, and 1001 to 2000KM and above 2000KM. The calculator shows the tariff for all categories)
PREMIUM CALCULATOR
The Department is offering various types of Life Insurance Policies through Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance. The users can check the premium payable for all the eligible types of Postal /Rural Postal Life insurance Policies on the basis of the input entered.
INTEREST CALCULATOR
Post office is offering different types of Small Savings Schemes as mentioned below:
âĸ Sukanya Samriddhi yojaana âĸ Recurring Deposit
âĸ Time Deposit (1 year, 2 year, 3 year and 5 year) âĸ Monthly Income Scheme
âĸ Senior Citizen Savings Scheme âĸ National Savings Certificate
âĸ Kisan Vikas Patra
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